Hot on the heels of the One Show winners we now have D&AD pencil winners to admire. I’ve selected some of my favourites, ones that I haven’t shared here before…

Yellow pencil winners

Geico – Unskippable
The Martin Agency

Most pre-roll ads just beg to be skipped. But this one was designed to get the message across in a flash then make you want to watch the whole thing. They even created an extended version of one of the ads which I’m showing below. Can’t resist a naughty dog.

Issey Miyake – message
Tymote

Can’t find the full case video but this is a taste of a project developed in Japan with beautiful animated typography using Issey Miyake products so people could send customised messages.

White Pencil winners

Burger King – Proud Whopper
David the Agency Brazil

I love campaigns that piss people off. Especially ignorant bigots. It’s a super simple idea but really well executed. White Pencil winners are all about work for important causes. LGBT being the most fashionable one right now. Until Bruce Jenner makes us all sick of hearing about it.

Rainbow Laces
Lucky Generals

Another campaign supporting gay rights. It won’t change the mind of most morons but at least loads of brands get to show how politically correct they are…

Graphite Pencil

Luxottica – Penny the Pirate
Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney

Really smart idea to get young kids to have their eyes tested and to prey on the minds of paranoid parents.

Foxtel – Zombie Followers
Clemenger BBDO Sydney

I love anything to do with zombies so I had to choose this as my last selection. How to make maximum buzz with minimum bucks.

There were 5 Black Pencil winners. None I wanted to share here but check them out for yourself.

To me, D&AD is the ultimate award. Cannes has become ruled by scam. So congratulations to all this year’s pencil winners.